Want to make a copy of your wedding DVD for family, or protect your store-bought movies from sticky fingers? Here's how to make exact backups of your DVDs. To make a backup copy or to convert its content for viewing on other devices. Insert the DVD into your Mac's optical drive and launch OS X's.

How to Convert VHS to MP4 on Windows and Mac

Whatever, reasons to change VHS format to digital MP4 or DVD format can be various but process regarding to VHS to MP4 conversion can be tricky, since there isn't any software available to do the task directly. Be sure to check our best answers of decoding VHS tapes to MP4 digital format below.

Part 1: Convert VHS to DVD Format on Mac and Windows

Preparation: Please get a VHS/DVD combo player available for you to record from VHS home movie to DVD (which can be ripped to MP4 and other digital files on your PC or Mac with a professional DVD ripper).

Alternatively, you can connect a VHS player to a DVD player with recording capability.

Step 1: Connect your VHS player to your computer with a cable.

Note: Make sure you have a special Scart cable with red, white and yellow cords. Check if your VHS/DVD combo player comes with these outputs. Please don't use front-mounted white, red and yellow cables as there are always inputs rather than outputs.

Step 2: Insert your VHS tape into the player and a blank DVD into the DVD player that can write over DVD-R disc or DVD-RW.

Step 3: Press play on the VHS controls and start recording VHS to DVD by hitting record on the DVD controls.

Note: It makes no sense to burn VHS to Blu ray as the source file VHS tapes come with poor image quality, making it a waste of money. While, compared with Blu ray, DVD is cheaper but offers better quality than VHS tape.

Compared with DVD, Blu-ray disc can store more videos and provide better display experience for user. If you have a sizable collection of Blu-ray discs, you might want to consider digitizing them so you can watch them without worrying about possible incompatibility, scratch or other issues. And that's the main point we want to tell you - How to rip Blu-ray disc to digital format such as MP4, MOV, MKV, etc. Of course, you can also choose to clone your blu-ray disc, the detailed method can read the article - How to Copy Blu-ray on Windows.

The process isn't complicated if you are comfortable with some basic tools. So, without further ado, here we will guide you through the process with the best program, just to make it as simple as possible.

The Best Blu-ray to Digital Converter

VideoSolo Blu-ray Ripper is a professional and powerful all-in-one Blu-ray/DVD disc handling tool. This program empowers you to decrypt commercial Blu-ray/DVD discs that are under copy protection and lift region limitation. So you are able to watch Blu-ray & DVD movies without a pain by ripping and converting them to MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, M4V, MOV, FLV, MP3, WMA, AAC, M4A, etc. on Mac OS or Windows.

With its decent decrypting capability, high quality video output, super-fast conversion speed, intuitive interface and specific format templates for versatile PMP devices (Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod/TV, Samsung/Sony/LG/Huawei smartphones/tablets or PS3/PS4 game console, etc.), VideoSolo Blu-ray Ripper ranks top on the Blu-ray ripping application list. What's even more amazing is the rich set of editing features for professional users.

How to Convert Blu-ray to Digital Formats with VideoSolo Blu-ray Ripper

To digitalize the Blu-ray with VideoSolo Blu-ray Ripper is simple as ABC. In the following walkthrough, we will show you how to get movies that you have on Blu-ray onto hard drive. The program comes in two versions: Windows and Mac. Please download the right version and follow the wizard to install it on your computer. Then follow the steps below to rip Blu-rays in a few clicks!

Note: The Windows version of VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper released a new version which has big changes compared with the old version. But the new version for Mac is still under the development. That means the interface and the operation of Windows and Mac will be different.

To know the details about the new version, you can read on the article: A New Version for BD-DVD Ripper (Windows) Released! See What Changes

Step 1. Load Blu-ray Content

Insert the source Blu-ray disc to the BD drive and open up the program. On its main interface, click on 'Load Blu-ray > Load Blu-ray Disc' button on the upper left side and select your Blu-ray disc from its location. The program will detect the main movie automatically. If you want to check the whole Blu-ray movie content, you can click the 'Full Movie List'.

Step 2. Choose Output Format

Click on the 'Rip All to' drop-down menu and you can select a output format from the pop-up profile list.

Tip: If you are not satisfied with the default video/audio specs, click 'Settings' to adjust the video resolution, bitrate, frame rate as well as audio bitrate, sample rate, etc. Incidentally, remember that the higher bitrate results in a bigger file size with lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.

Step 3. Edit Video Files (Optional)

Go back to the main screen, you can apply some kinds of effects to your movies by clicking the 'Edit' icon. This is self-exploration. Here, you can clip Blu-ray video and select the wanted segments, crop, rotate, add watermark to the Blu-ray video, or adjust other effects like brightness, contrast, saturation and hue of the video. Besides, this utility lets you merge several files into one output file.

Step 4. Select Destination Folder

After all these have been prepared, pick out a location where you save your Blu-ray files on hard drive by clicking the 'Browse' or 'Open Folder' button in destination field at the bottom of the main interface.

Step 5. Start Converting Blu-ray to Digital Formats

Finally, simply press the big 'Rip All' button to begin the Blu-ray to MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, etc. conversion. Once the utility finishes doing its job, you can go to the hard drive and locate the ripped Blu-ray movies. Feel free to play them with your desktop media player, or transfer them to your portable handsets, or share them online anywhere you like. Have a great time!

In summary, compare to other paid and free Blu-ray rippers, VideoSolo Blu-ray Ripper works very efficiently. It can convert Blu-ray/DVD discs to all popular video and audio formats in a fairly easy process. Moreover, it possesses powerful editing functions. Within few scrolls and clicks, you can have the stunning movie played on various devices right before your eyes.